London England The Symposium Behind the Scenes While I am on the other side of the ocean, in New York, Magnum London is planning a symposium to discuss the findings of the new book Magnum Contact Sheets. My copy arrived a few weeks ago. The book is a whopping 506 pages long and contains contact [more...]

Respect Your Elders We spend hours with our cameras. When we are not shooting, we pour over images, edit, learn and fumble our way to the next body of work. Maintaining perspective can be a challenge. Why not put the senior photographers to work for us? Lessons from a Hobbyist For as long as [more...]

Milk Gallery [ Magnum In Motion ] “This is probably the most important work I will do in my life.” These were the opening words of Peter Van Agtmael last Thursday night at the Milk Gallery. Over the next hour Peter lead us through his daily life covering wars in the Middle East [more...]

Join Me This Evening — Podcasts come to Life Photo Essays When I take shorter trips from NYC, I load up my iPhone with two types of podcasts. The first are Magnum “In Motion” photo essays and the other are TED talks (here is a link to one of my all time favorites). If you have never [more...]

Paris Frame Works There is no central meeting place for photography shows in New York City. The venues range from furniture stores, to pop up clothing boutiques, and contemporary art galleries. As a result, the show are always a surprise and usually come with a twist. Burt Glinn: Ivy League To Magnum The early members [more...]

[ The Mexican Suitcase ] ROBERT CAPA, CHIM, & GERDA TARO -Contacts Ten years ago, on a last minute trip to Italy, I saw an banner advertisement for a show by the fashion photographer, Patrick Demarchelier. The exhibition was collection of contact sheets from his shoots with supermodels, Hollywood types, and pretty people of the [more...]

[ Public Beach, Private Bath ] Personal space is a rare commodity in India. Much of a westerners morning routine takes place behind closed doors. But for nearly 100,000 pilgrims to Vivekananda Rock, in Kanyakumari, everything takes place in broad daylight. -One in a Million Our wake up call was at 5:00 am. Early mornings [more...]